A solid two-way defender, Noah Juulsen is able to force plays and always find ways to support his teammates. Juulsen is a smooth, yet not dynamic skater, and is mobile when he needs to be. Plays with a chip on his shoulder, and isn’t afraid to take the hit to make the play. Sees the ice well and has the individual skills to carry out the possibilities he sees. Very poised with the puck; calm and controls the play with authority. Has good hands. Without the puck and in high-pressure situations, Juulsen tends to overthink things and can try to do a little too much; that will go away with time and maturity. All-in-all, an impactful presence on the ice that strives to be difficult to play against; given how hard he works and how smart he is with the puck, he can be a very difficult player to read with and without the puck.

TSN’s Craig Button’s take on Juulsen: Noah is a strong competitor who wants to make a difference in the defensive and offensive zones. He is good with the puck and with improvement in his agility and quickness, his game will become that much stronger. He has a good feel for situations and makes solid plays. Not spectacular in any sense of the word but has that ‘can do, will do’ approach to winning.

Sportsnet’s scouting report on Juulsen: Fantastic skater with a big shot from the point. Able to play big minutes against top competition. Loves the physical game and when he fills out he’ll be scary back there. Comparable: Jack Johnson meets Brian Campbell

The HIO Commentariat – who had hoped the Canadiens would address their lack of offensive firepower – were underwhelmed by the pick.

Habcertain: Scoring goals is really overrated anyways, another big DMan, just what we need

Longtimehabsfan: Memo to MB: WE CAN’T SCORE!!

AH: The Habs are going to get # 25 , one defenseman at a time!! Screw scoring, who needs that.

Nickster13: Aww man, we needed a forward. D-men you can trade for or sign at Free agency when they actually get into their prime. You need to draft scorers because they hit their peak earlier. Not only that, we NEED scoring! I’m a bit disappointed.

But draft guru Mark Edwards likes the pick: Juulson is very solid. Mentioned him on @TSN690 #Montreal radio earlier tonight. No real weaknesses. Steady and smart. #Habs We had him #22

And The Hockey News draft issue quotes a scout who likes Juulsen: I like his competitiveness and I really like his puck skills. He moves well with the puck and is good on the power play. He really has a good shot.

Thought the same in watching the draft yesterday. Chiarelli seems to have advanced the team more in the last couple of days than MacT had in years. Of course, drafting McDavid helps, but he’s shown much more savvy than the ‘old guard’ thus far.

Watching the way McDavid handles himself is very obvious what a good kid he is. As the Oilers and NHL people are trying to shuffle him off for interviews, he asks that he can watch the 3rd pick with hopes to watch his buddy Strome get drafted and called up.

After listening to Jake Eichel yesterday on TSN690, I was absolutely floored how this 18 spoke and handled himself. He sounded like a seasoned veteran. He’s now one of my favourite outside Habs (Crosby is #1).

The Bruins really never recovered from that series we won 2 years ago. Having been the best team in the NHL that year, they have been a total mess ever since.
And now a rebuild by sending your 22 year stud defensemen to the Flamers?
Living in LA, now I have to watch Lucic live a lot. He’s still a Bruin to me.

I REALLY need to see a new face on the first unit PP next year for the Habs and not DD. I happen to like DD and know he is the most popular player on the team – – but a trade is coming.

The Bruins just picked up Jérémy Lauzon from les Huskies de Rouyn-Noranda. He was ranked 42nd overall, 65th at the midterm, for N.A. skaters. He was a dark horse I hoped we could sneak in the third round, but he caught a lot of eyes late in the season.

These draft trades are intriguing. It seems that with the salary cap, teams are making sure they do not have a glut of players at specific career stages. For example, Buffalo had a bunch of 1-3 year players and they flipped them for 5-7 year old players. It makes sense that you need an ideal mix so you don’t get forced into having to dump player just for $$$ reasons.

Obviously Beaulieu at a million/season will get a lot of playing time. They need to make room for Tinordi or trade him for help up front. I think Ghetto, Hudon and Sherbak will get top-six opportunities. The Habs have to score more.

Yeah, interesting that they sent Emerson Etem the other way. When he was picked 29th overall in 2010, he was the poster boy for how hockey was growing in Southern California, and how great it was that the Ducks picked a guy from their backyard, etc.

They’re really going all out with the French-canadian content out there in Colorado. I expected it would have been Arizona though considering they’re moving to Quebec city in a year or so (tongue-in-cheek).

I wish it were the Habs. First Buffalo stock piled, now the Bruins. Even the Sens have 4 of the top 48 picks. This could all hurt the Habs in the future. It would have been nice if MB could have moved out a few of the non essential guys out for picks.

I think we will take a second D with the next pick. Defense men take a lot longer to develop than do forwards. And there are a lot more forwards than great D men out there.

We are drafting our future now and will be acquiring forwards along the way. We start with Price and Fucale. Now the D, the forwards next and many cup runs after that. In Bergevin, Timmonds and Vaughn Karpen I trust.

HIO Fan Summit date is October 24th against the Leafs.
I will confirm seat prices once I hear back from the Bell Center.

Sure was an eventful day yesterday ! Have not seen/heard such an entertaining day in the nhl`s draft period for a long time .
Do not think that the draft is the way to solve the Hab`s present problems. They can only do it through a trade but must also think about the future right now. Their choice was not going to be traded against a big power forward …The whole draft was actually a bit overrated but it adds to the show i guess. There won`t be much more that a few dozens of athletes that will make it in a few years as it is the case every season.

Starting today if Bergevin thinks that this is THE YEAR he will then move . There are many many teams that should fix a few issues and trade at all cost to try to change things up. Of course the usual Laughs have not done anything,Flyers,Blues,the Kings got weaker with Lucic and how about those Bruins ! Their FB page is soooo entertaining ! Between shock and denial…typical …lol

I personnaly do not think Bergevin should be too ungry and he should wait for more desperate trading partners. I trust Bergevin to understand that every team tries to improve and that some succeeded !

Just turned on the NHL Network (was surprised i get it, not in HD) and their live reporter on the floor is still reporting that Lack may be on the move…… This is some quality coverage considering TSN announced the trade an hour ago.

Moves that made no sense to me yesterday:
1) Bruins trading Dougie Hamilton. How do you rebuild by trading away one of your best young players for picks???
2) Isles trading away top pick Reinhart for mid-level picks from the Oilers. They could not have gotten one of the Oilers young forwards???
3) Buffalo trading the 21st pick for Lehner. Is he really that good of a goalie? If so, then why did Ott trade him because Anderson and the Hamburglar stink.

I mentioned yesterday, I think Ottawa made a mistake with Hammond. Anderson is a good goalie but is 34 and has had some injury issues of late. Lehner gets a far better return because he could/can be a much better goalie than Hammond. I am hopeful this will be the Sens achilles heel in the coming years. The rest of that team is looking good.

Totally agree. The Bruins gave their future away. A 22 year old d-man ! They panicked went all out on the possibility of getting draft choice number 3 and got scr…by the Coyotes. Rumor has that the Oilers made an offer sheet and in order to make no favor to Chiarelli, they turned towards Calgary. They chose Chara over Hamilton ! They panicked and did not think they would have the money to pay Hamilton but succeeded in trading Lucic.

It was to be expected but i have no idea where the Sabres are going. They traded away last year`s best d-man of the crop Zadorov.

1) The Bruins’ management is a bit passive-aggressive. They’re like those people who love you one day and hate you the next. Look at all the players they’ve dumped: Thornton, Thomas, Seguin, now Lucic and Hamilton.

2) The Isles have traded away pick #4 (Reinhart) and pick #5 (Niederreiter) for very little, and appear to be letting #7 pick (Okposo) go for nothing.

3) Lehner has already played almost 100 NHL games and he’s still only 23! I thought he was already mid-career.

I heard the Hamilton one was maybe for personal reasons or they didn’t get along with his family or something. So who knows.
The one that kills me is the Reinhart deal, why on earth would the isles give up a 4th overall pick defenceman coming into his own. There is no reason.

You have people praising the Bruins for dismantling the team that went to the finals two years ago.

You have the two happiest fanbases in Buffalo and Edmonton – two teams that deliberately lost last year. Closely followed by the Leafs, who also threw the second half of the season.

Other than North American pro sports, can anyone imagine a sport where losing on purpose is a strategy? Could you imagine going to the Olympics with the goal of losing? You are banned if you get caught throwing games in pro tennis or boxing. In hockey you get rewarded.

The Habs have had two top ten picks in the last decade. Tampa’s had five in the last seven drafts.

At least in basketball they draft mature players, and there are only two rounds.

OT: I don’t ever remember (hehe) a draft where so little GM’s have not congratulated the Stanley Cup Winning team. Hats off to Chevy and Bergevin for proper first round draft etiquette. The over/under on mentioning the Stanley Cup winning team was 13 and the under was paying 5-1. I passed on the wager.

I had a very hard time watching the fans when the entire season the arena was empty. I know what it’s like to sit in a arena knowing if the fans don’t come then you lose your team (Jets, 90’s) it was horrible. I was a young soldier back then, didn’t make much money and I went to every game I could. I was a Habs fan supporting hockey, and I sat in an empty arena on most nights. Angered me because I grew up in PEI, never saw live games and then after five seasons we lost the Jets. Now the place is sold out every game and my seats are 200.00 a ticket which means 600.00 after taking my boy with me when we do get games. Cheaper for me to drive to St.Paul to watch the Wild lol.

TSN 1040 reading emails from listeners, who wonder why if that’s all you get for Eddie Lack, why not trade Jacob Markstrom? If you’re only getting a third, take a fourth or fifth for the less proven commodity.